Subway News Stands Spark Legislative Scrutiny
The Thompson committee examined Ward & Gow's subway news stands claiming monopoly profits and large city losses under the dual subway contract. Ward testified leases run to 1914 with a 15 year renewal and profits cited as about 1 per stand yearly while Interborough disputed renewal legality.
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Thompson Legislative Committee
Ward & Gow
Thompson
Interborough
William Merican
New York Newsdealers’ Association
Interborough Company
Mehican
McAneny
Ward & Gov
Asxea
Bure
Mericaney
Artemas Ward
Inter
Mr. Ward
Senator Thompson
Ward
Public Service Commission
Interborough Couny
Ward & Son
Ar Thompson
Quackenbush
Us HR
T. S. Williams
Ardent
Williams
Abell
BAR. T
Colonel Williams
Teorser Thompson
Tis
Shelr
Taxpavers Protective Association of
Hrockton
Iovernor "Hitman
Classon Avenue
Mtr
Three Held As $25 000 Jewelry Theft At Gotham Hotel
Frederick Hall alias Graham arrested after jewelry valued at $25 000 stolen from George Bird in his Fifth Avenue Gotham Hotel apartment. Holdstein and Laura Green charged with receiving. Bird’s missing items include a string, a diamond with sapphire ring, and a diamond collar brace. Hall held in $10 184 bail. others in $10 40 bail. Hints connect Hall to Gibbs, with sightings in Boston Philadelphia and Chicago.
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George Bird
Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Frederick Hall
Graham
Yorkville Court
Hall
Mermaid Avenue
Toney Island
Caspar Holdstein
Laura Green
Bird
David Gibbs
Friuie
N. Y
Gioods
Volice
Gibbs
Dutt
Boston
Philadelphia
Tira
Diarmond Dow Coller
Holdstein
Laura Treen & Mond
Mr Bird Hall
Elmira Reformatory
Society Serves Breakfast to Picket Cloakworkers
Women from the Women's City club and Authors' League will feed 4,000 cloakmakers' pickets in the cloak and suit district at 6:45 this morning. Volunteers loaded with sandwiches and coffee will depart from Fifth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street to cover the district under direction of Mrs. Gifford Pinchot and others. Magistrate Levy rebuked two pickets in Jefferson Market Court on assault charges, ordering a $500 bond and warning that future offenses could bring harsher penalties. Lazarus Joseph urged arbitration with independent cloak and suit manufacturers, while Benjamin Schiesinger demanded a full member list before any talks with the union.
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Women's City Club
Authors’ League
Cloak and Suit
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Gifford Pinchot
J. Sergeant Cram
Anne Lee
Alice Carpenter
Levy
Jefferson Market Court
Jacob Slotcky
Harry Wadler
Madison Avenue
Samuel Schwartz
Alinger Bros
West Twenty-sixth Street
Lazarus Joseph
Independent Cloak and Suit Manufacturers
Benjamin Schiesinger
Cloakmakers’ Union
Schlesinger
German Boys Training The War Touches All Ages
London reports from The Times describing Germany’s war mobilization. Boys as young as 14 have front duty, 17 year olds in training depots, and many men used in government and industry. Civilians vanish from towns as youths replace adult labor in every sector.
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New York Times
London
the Times
Germany
Father Sues to Free Imprisoned Boy in Hawthorne Case
Justice Gregerich issued a writ of habeas corpus to compel the Jewish Protectory at Hawthorne New York to produce Isadore Baumgarten before the Supreme Court. Isadore, committed by Justice Hoyt after truancy reprimand, was sent to the refectory rather than being returned home. The father Henry Baumgarten seeks release before his sister’s wedding on Saturday.
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Gregerich
Supreme Court
Hawthorne
N. Y
Isadore Baumgarten
Baumgarten
Isadore
Denial of Seizure Rumor Hits Hackensack
Rumor said the U S government seized the Canadian Car and Foundry ammunition plant and sixty five cars of ammunition. Officials and Kingsland police deny any foundation for the claim.
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Deny
U. S. Hackensack
N. J
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Kingsland Police
Infantile paralysis cases rise in Brooklyn noted in brief
City health officials report twelve new infantile paralysis cases in Brooklyn bringing the total in the area to about forty three with most cases in South Brooklyn. Three children in Williamsburg died yesterday. The report also mentions a trial in the Bronx and a large dinner event of stenographers, with New York City advertising for civil service stenographers.
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Health Department
Brooklyn
South Brooklin
Williamsburg
Vincenzo Neapolitano
van Neet Avenue
Bronx
Jimmie Naples
Keng & Neapolitane
Marie Wklein
Dacehtero
Charles Wlein
Beth- Reformed Church
Lorbert
New York
Healer Schlatter letters reveal New York revenue claims
In a Los Angeles hearing, letters from Francis Schlatter and secretary Algard test the healing campaign in New York and California. They claim daily offerings around 80 dollars, with Schlat ter receiving most funds for the church while advertising profits ensue from press write ups.
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New York
California
August Schrader
The
Baptist Church of California, Inc
United States
Houghton
Francis Schlatter
Mose
August Algard
Los Ageles
Schrader Asgard
Philadelphia
300 ROOKIES NAMED AS FIT FOR OFFICERS
300 rookies at Plattsburg receive commissions or expected officer bars after recommendations by company commanders. Major Murray to appoint this week. notable names include Archie Roosevelt and Rhinelander Waldo. Detachments bound for Mexico and coast defense training are set to depart soon.
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Nee York Times
Plattsburg
N. Y
Murray
Charles B. Hughes, Jr
Archie Roosevelt
Theodore Rousseau
Mitchell
Rhinelander Waldo
Sinclair Kennedy
Hioookline
Mass
Frank P. Mather, Jr
Princeton University
W. E. Tlocking
Starvard
John P. Hogan
The
Board of Water Supply
Russell Auchincloss
David P. Barrows
United States
Phillipines
Belgian Relief Committee
Gaston Sargeant
Chicago Opera
Comey
E. H. Delafield
J. K. Collins
Clinton County
W. C. Fargo
Williston
L. I
Putnam
Washington
Surmuer Cabot
Boston
F. A. Sansome
Seventh Avenue
New York
Mark RK. M. G. Wilam
West Fifty-eighth Street
Herbert K. Ryerson, Jr
West 107Th Street
William F. Casey, Jr
Hastings
Daniel A. J. Eaat
Church Street
Oliver. Perrin
Fortieth Street
A. Romeyn Pierson, Jr
Glen Ridge
N. J
A. Heath Onthanok
Arlington
John Caswell
East Fifty-first Street
D. W. Maccormack
Mather Cleveland
Presbyterian Hospital
J. M. Cartiste
Guy A. E. Irving, Jr
New Brighton
Oliver Hast Orange
BH. Brown
East Forty-frst
John &. Hoffman
East Forty-ninth Street
William K Loomis
Thomas Street
Kenneth P. da
Fourth Avenue
Samuel Sloan
Fcloas
East Seventieth Street
W. F. Whithouse
East Seventy-third Street
M. Thayer
E. H. O''Flynn
Stamford
Conn
F. T. Hill
Wall Street
H. L. Riker
Madison Avenue
M. F. Steindler
Riversiderive
L. H. Davidow
West 101St Street
J. H. Gahan
Lindsay Denison
Great Neck
A. E. Wince
Passaic
A. W Arnold
West Seventy-fift Street
G. P. Ames
T. Miller
West Broadway
J. Marshall
Yonkers
P. C. Flemming
G. L. Berry
Gien Ange
A. W. Barber
Nasesu Street
Baxter
West Ninetieth Street
William Harrigan
West Forty-seventh Street
Theodore M. Mall
J. C. Pratt
Harrison Trail
Coast Defenses
Labor for Flag's Defense Spurs Socialist Attacks
Labor leaders favor national duty with the National Guard and caution against anti mobilization protests. James P. Holland of the New York State Federation notes an imminent AFL Executive Board discussion on mobilization. Socialists plan agitation against U S troops in Mexico led by Morris Hillquit criticizes intervention as a commercial war driven by capital interests.
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American Federation of Labor
National Guard
James P. Holland
New York State Federation
Atlanta
United States
Samuel Gompers
Federation
War Department
East Eighty-fourth Street
Mexico
Socialist Party
Wilson
Morris Hillquit
The
Mr. Hillquit
Villa
Pennsylvania Castle Sells at Auction for 20 Dollars
Pennsylvania Castle at Portland known as Rufus Castle and linked to Thomas Hardy’s novel was sold by auction in Dorchester for 20 dollars. The property built in 1800 by John Penn for 100000 dollars includes portraits, manuscripts, and relics related to William Penn and early Pennsylvania history. Christies will auction Penn family items on July 10 including letters, portraits, and two treaty belts.
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New York Times
London
Pennsylvania Castle
Portland
Rufus Castle
Thomas Hardy
Aucetion
Dorchester
John Penn
William Penn
Eary History of
Pennsylvania
Christies
Penn
James Logan
Medals for their music by Seaforth Highlanders
The London Gazette reports that Company Quartermaster Sergeant Heech and Lance Corporal Vickery of the Seventh Seaforth Highlanders receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal for rallying comrades by playing tunes on mouth organs under heavy fire while standing on a parapet.
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New York Times
London
London Gazette
Heech
Vickery
Seventh
Seaforth Highlanders
Heiress Drugged Held Prisoner In Newark Dressmaker Recalls
Miss Gertrude Claypool, a 42 year old heiress, was allegedly drugged and held for two days after revoking her will to favor her father. Detectives pursued leads as indictments for assault and battery emerged against two involved parties.
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Swahh
Gertrude Claypool
Great Northern
Newark
Bookwalter
Ohio
Miss Claypool
Swanney
James F. McK Enney
Grout & McKinney
Roadway
Steate
McKinney
Mids Claypool
Ménia
Hookwalter
Italy
Clay l
Maglet
Bessie
Grace H. Cannon
East Eighty-first Street
Cornell University
Fifth Avenue
Inc
Seaman
Explorer
R. Seaman
Auto Thieves Held Up Garage Owner On Lonely Road
Philip Stone of a Paterson garage reported two youths hijacked his new car on Market Street. The pair, aged 22 and an engineer from New York, forced him to stop near Passaic before speeding away. Police pursued acrossTuxedo, recovering the car and detaining the suspects for extradition.
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New York Times
Paterson
BN J
Philip Stone
Market Street
Captain Tracey
Stone
Passaic
Passaic Bridge
Day
G. ©. Bush
Chief Bush
Tracey
Central
Tye
Hush
béeSAn &@ chase
Tuxedo
Cief
Hait
Bush
Willam Fenmore
Newport
Frank Simmons
New York City
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